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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
The structural frame of academic culture: on the relation of science, economy and politics : the Example of Universitas Gadja Madah, Indonesia
No full textThe paper at hand is the result of a research conducted at UGM concerned with questions of how the economic and political surrounding of an Indonesian university is influencing its academic culture? What are the challenges a university in Indonesia has to face due to its specific structural setting? What are the goals for which the university is striving as an institution and how do the relevant protagonists at the university behave in this context?
It has been difficult to find common categories for their goals and motivations, but the variety has become apparent. UGM is not only affected by external influences, but also affects societal processes itself. This paper tries to capture some of the numerous ties within and between the micro- and macro-levels, the structural settings, the cultural aspects and the personal preferences and thus represents the interconnectedness of the factors and processes constituting parts of the academic culture
Reducing Plastic Bag Use in Indonesia
No full textHow can plastic bag use in Indonesia be reduced? This dissertation attempts to answer this question applying two approaches:
(1) Utilizing qualitative and quantitative research to investigate crucial factors explaining plastic bag use;
(2) Conducting natural field experiments to identify effective behavioral interventions reducing the use of plastic bags in Indonesia.
The pollution of the oceans by plastic waste is a growing threat to marine life, ecosystems, livelihoods of coastal communities and the health of human beings in general. Indonesia is the world’s second largest source of marine plastic pollution. Regulations and policies have shown to be effective in the reduction of the use of and pollution by plastic bags in a number of countries. But for the Indonesian Government and many other governments the feasibility of implementing and enforcing such measures is limited. Given this situation, there is an urgent need to investigate and find effective alternative approaches to reduce plastic bag use. Such alternative approaches include non-governmental organizations, environmental groups and social enterprises.
This research aims to explain plastic bag use with the help of research methods from cultural anthropology. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied along with different types of triangulation to examine people’s concepts of nature, the perceived benefits and disadvantages of plastic bag use, and promising local initiatives.
To find effective behavioral interventions for reducing plastic bag use we conducted natural field experiments. These tested normative and economic interventions in combination with ecofriendly reusable shopping bags. Specific interventions ranged from social norms and different societal authorities to indirect monetary incentives and bonus schemes. In this context we also analyzed socio-economic factors and environmental awareness in relation to frequency of plastic bag use
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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